Chapter 13. Realizing the Promise of Public Participation in an Age of Inequality

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Part I. Introduction
6. Chapter 1. Rising Participation and Declining Democracy 3
7. Part II. Participation and the Reproduction of Inequality
8. Chapter 3. Civic-izing Markets Selling Social Profits in Public Deliberation 27
9. Chapter 3. Workers’ Rights as Human Rights? 46
10. Chapter 4. Legitimating the Corporation through Public Participation 66
11. Part III. The Production of Authority and Legitimacy
12. Chapter 5 No. Contest 83
13. Chapter 6. The Fiscal Sociology of Public Consultation 102
14. Chapter 7. Structuring Electoral Participation 125
15. Chapter 8. Patient, Parent, Advocate, Investor 143
16. Part IV. Unintended Consequences and New Opportunities
17. Chapter 9. Spirals of Perpetual Potential 165
18. Chapter 10. Becoming a Best Practice 187
19. Chapter 11. The Social Movement Society, the Tea Party, and the Democratic Deficit 204
20. Chapter 12. Public Deliberation and Political Contention 222
21. Part V. Conclusion
22. Chapter 13. Realizing the Promise of Public Participation in an Age of Inequality 247
23. References 251
24. About the Contributors 281
25. Index 285